From the time the Pilgrims arrived on American soil, faith in God played an important part in shaping our nation. Images of Moses adorn the Supreme Court in recognition of the Judeo-Christian origin of our laws. But it was Taxes, loss of Liberty and oppression from a mad king that led our Founding Fathers to write The Declaration of Independence and start The American Revolution. Today, those who stand for these ideals no longer call themselves The Silent Majority because we are silent no more.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Warning: Obama Figured Out How to Take Your Guns!

Dear Conservative,

Back in January, just after the New Year, I warned
you that Barack Obama was preparing to radically change how people are
evaluated for firearm ownership.

The Founders knew that a day would come when a democratically elected tyrant
would try to disarm the American people. That is why they included the handy
phrase “shall not be infringed” within the Second Amendment. You can’t blame the
Founders… they never could have imagined that over the centuries, such a simple
and straight-forward phrase would come to be ignored.

This past January, Barack Obama revealed that he was instructing the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to radically change the
definition of a “prohibited person.” Rather than obeying the wording passed by
Congress so many years ago, Obama believes that it is time to illegally change
the law based on what Congress should have written back in 1968…

Within days, the ATF had
proposed a new rule change and opened up the floor for public comment.
Together, we flooded the halls of Congress with literally thousands of faxes and
letters to force them to act. Now, comment period is coming to an end. Unless
Congress acts now to stop this Imperial President from rewriting the law, the
administration will be able to illegally disarm tens of thousands of people!

In 1968, Congress passed the Gun Control Act in response to the
assassinations of John F. and Robert Kennedy, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King.
The law’s intent was to prevent deranged individuals from obtaining firearms or
ammunition. However, even the laws with the best intentions end up being abused…

The portion of the law pertaining to “prohibited persons” is simple: “It
shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or
ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such
person…has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed
to any mental institution.”

This wording couldn’t be clearer. The statute defines a “mental defective” as
someone with “marked subnormal intelligence” or “gross ignorance or imbecility.”
Anyone who actually bothers to read the law understands that it was designed to
deal with people who were seriously mentally challenged or had some other
developmental deficiency. This isn’t a situation where Congress was vague in
writing the law… it was explicit!

Yet, Barack Obama believes that the law needs to be adjusted to meet today’s
“needs.” That’s a fancy way of saying that he thinks more people should be
denied their God given, constitutionally protected rights!

That is why he has instructed the ATF to illegally redefine the term
“mentally defective” to apply broadly to “unstable and irresponsible people,”
expanding it to include anyone suffering from “mental illness, incompetency,
condition, or disease.” The ATF believes this term is “outdated,” so instead of
asking Congress to amend the law, the Obama administration has instructed
bureaucrats to just change it on their own!

Now, I know what you might be thinking… that doesn’t seem like that big of a
change. But believe me, it is huge! Congress never intended for people to lose
their constitutional rights if they are grief stricken at the loss of a family
member or returning from war with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Yet,
those are exactly the types of people who are now being targeted by this illegal
alteration to the law!

The ATF is also changing the definition of the phrase “committed to any
mental institution.” Congress defined this term to mean any situation where a
person is involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility. These aren’t
things that happen often. There needs to be something seriously wrong with
someone for them to be admitted to a mental ward against their will. These are
usually instances where a person poses a direct threat to himself and those
around him.

The new changes will alter the law to apply to “both inpatient and outpatient
commitments.” These are two entirely different things. The former applies to
individuals who literally cannot function in society. These are the people that
the 1968 Gun Control Act was designed to prevent from owning firearms. However
outpatient mental health treatment is used for people who are significantly less
threatening. These are people who are grieving or require some medication or
alternative treatment.

With this order, Obama administration has claimed the authority to determine
who is allowed to own a gun and who is prohibited. It doesn't matter whether
this clarification is "common sense,” the President simply doesn't have the
authority to dictate who loses Constitutional rights. This is the most dangerous
precedent of Obama’s presidency and one of the most threatening expansions of
Executive power in our history!

Make no mistake: this is why the Founders included "shall not be infringed"
in the Second Amendment. They knew a day would come when a tyrannical leader
would try to dictate who is and who isn’t allowed to own weapons. I regret to
inform you that the day that the Founders feared has finally arrived!

We cannot allow President Obama, or anyone for that matter, to pick and
choose who is afforded constitutional rights!

This is how tyranny always starts. At first, Obama will assert this authority
for “common sense” public safety measures. But these precedents are extremely
dangerous. If we allow this President to define who is disqualified from owning
a firearm, there is nothing to stop Obama, or some future President, from
expanding the definition to disqualify all law-abiding citizens from owning
firearms. The writing is on the wall. If left unchecked, these new executive orders
will give the Executive Branch the authority to infringe on our constitutional
rights at any time!

You must fax the entirety of Congress to force
them to stop Barack Hussein Obama’s ATF from pushing more unconstitutional gun
control laws on the American people!

This isn’t some exaggeration. This is exactly why the Founders explicitly
wrote that the right to keep and bear arms “shall not be infringed.”

However, the Founding Fathers have long-since passed away. They can’t stop
King Obama... only you can!

The Second Amendment, and the entire Bill of Rights for that matter, is in
danger. We have been given the obligation to cherish and protect our
Constitutional rights for future generations, and we all must answer the call
now!

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My name is Nelson Abdullah. I am 77-years old and after 40 years of working for two major airlines, I retired 15 years ago in 2002, a few months after the 9-11 attack on America. My wife and I have been married for more than 56 years. We celebrated our Golden Anniversary in April 2010.
My wife and I are both lifelong Catholics and registered Republicans.

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Our country was created as a Constitutional Republic, a nation of laws, held together by the fabric of the Constitution. The Constitution limits the powers of the government while the first ten amendments, called The Bill of Rights, guarantee the rights of We The People.Defending the Republic.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.” —The Declaration of Independence—July 4th, 1776.

Bill of Rights

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.